frantz quality and a will for fred fred —— fraternity.aternity. frantz has belted itself and its culture, its social model, it has doubts in what it has made. —— france has belted itself. there will be to demand in my mandate. the first will be to give to be french people is confident of itself which, for too long, has been weakened. and ican for too long, has been weakened. and i can reassure for too long, has been weakened. and 1 can reassure you, for too long, has been weakened. and i can reassure you, i have not for a moment thought things would stay as they worked in the 7th of may in the evening, it would be slow work and demanding but indispensable. it will be my role to convince the french people that our country wishing to be in difficulty with the sometimes contrary currents of the world, that they will use all its resources to be among the first of nations. i will convince our citizens that the power of france is not declining, that we are on the edge of the great renaissance because in our hands we have all the assets which ma

candidate they are choosing in this election today, security forces are thinking very much about keeping frantzction coverage coming up. that will be at 6:30pm on the bbc news channel and it will be presented by my colleague, christian fraser. 82 nigerian schoolgirls have arrived in the capital, abuja, where they're due to meet the country's president after being freed by the islamist group, boko haram. the girls — who boarded an aircraft on their way back — were among 276 taken captive in the north—eastern town of chibok in 2014. they are the second group of chibok girls to be freed. they were released in a prisoner exchange deal. we can go live to abuja now, and chris ewokorfrom bbc hausa is following the latest developments for us. what do we know about the condition in which these girls are in at the moment? well, first, before we talk about the conditions, i can tell you that the girls have arrived in abuja and they have been received at the airport by an official of the government. they will be hosted this afternoon by the president. meanwhile, what we have got to understand is the girls

he is going for three in a row at the tour the frantz. —— two would frantz. —— tour de france. is a beautiful morning. look at the view behind me. the japanese gateway is an exact replica of a japanese gateway in kyoto, japan, which in 2019 is hosting the rugby league world cup. it was laid in 1996 and comprises a garden of harmony, activity and peace, and it is very peaceful this morning. all you can hear are the birds chirping but if you are just stepping out it is a cold start to the day. generally today the forecast is a sunny one, and a warmer one for most of us than yesterday, with just the odd exception. if you take a look around the country, at 9am this morning, across the north of scotland we have more cloud and some patchy rain as well. as we come south we are back into some sunny skies although today there will be a bit more cloud across southern scotland than yesterday. in the northern england a cold start. some pockets of frost but some sunshine and that sunshine and chilly start prevails down towards the midlands, in the east anglia and the south—east. at the mome